Henry Kallenbach sells 120 acre Clinton county farm
Henry Kallenbach has sold to John L Meyer of Walcott a 120 acre farm in Clinton county north of Grand Mound for 36000 dollars or 300 per acre. The sale reflects the late 19th or early 20th century rural deal context with local property transfer details.
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Henry Kallenbach
John L. Meyer
Walcott
Clinton County
Grand Mound
Robert Boddy
Iowa Falls
France
Leroy Hansen
Dubuque
Waterloo
Jesup
Charles Borden
Burlington High School
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
State Board of Control
Prick Hospital
Oakdale
W. J. Zitterell
Webster City
Pam McQueen
Hawleyville
Ivan Eastman
Clarinda
Kennelworth Hospital
McQueen
Dunn
New Market
Government Fish Hatchery
Manchester
Lisbon
Mohn
W. H. Lightner
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Association of Master Builders
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Tama
Dorothy Kesselring
John Kesselring, Jr
Guy Beale
Dorothy
Beale
Cessford
Clausman
C. J. Gillett
Clarion
Harry Summers
Mr. Gillett
Oskaloosa
Mr. Summers
Pear
Bermuda onion grades adopted for Coachella Valley crop
The 1921 Bermuda onion crop from Coachella Valley California will be marketed under United States Bermuda onion grades as recommended by the Department of Agriculture. The move completes standardization of the Bermuda onion industry in the United States. Since Texas adopted these grades in 1918 there has been fewer rejections of Texas onion shipments.
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Coachella Valley
Cal
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Bermuda
Bureau of Markets
United States
State of Texas
Department
Texas State Department of Agriculture
California State Department of Agriculture
Texas
Better Sires Campaign Highlights Poultry Quality
A Platte county Nebraska farm in the Better Sires effort shows high poultry standards with purebred Barred Plymouth Rocks 75 Black Langshans 75 Brown Leghorns 100 Rhode Island Reds and three White China geese and three Pekin ducks. Swine include grade females though sire stock remains pure bred for enrollment.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Platte County
Nebraska
Rhode Island
New Device Cleans Grains in Threshing
A device labeled an aspirator, developed by USDA specialists, cleans wheat and small grains by removing smut dust and dockage at thrashing. Attached to the grain delivery spout, tests show it removes about one third of dockage. It lets farmers keep seeds and foreign material for feed and improves grain quality. A recleaner attachment to thrashing decks also shows promise.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Ideal Garden Location Idea for Fertile Soils and Light
The concept centers on selecting a garden site with rich soil and ample sunlight for easy cultivation. It emphasizes accessibility and suitable conditions to maximize growth potential and environmental comfort.
Should Christians Dance After the War
The article argues against social dancing for Christians, listing eight criticisms. It contends the practice is worldly, unhelpful to spiritual aims, vulgar, harms feminine modesty, harms health, and fosters unchastity, with dance halls seen as paths toward broader vices. It claims devout Christians uniformly oppose dancing, while the wider public largely agrees.
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Christ
Witty exchange on writing pay and time for jokes
A playful dialogue contrasts paying for jokes with writing for fun. She suggests his jokes are work. he confirms he earns from them and not merely for recreation. The banter hints at a comic writer's professional stance and audience expectations.
Remarkable Tanlac tale from Maxeys Georgia merchant
From Maxeys Georgia A J Gillen proprietor of a large department store relates a verified sounding claim of a bedbound woman kept alive by Tanlac. After one bottle she rose from bed and began keeping house. By the third bottle she cooked and did housework for a family of eight.
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Maxeys
A. J. Gillen
Scouts in Camp All Across the Nation
National Camp Director L. L. McDonald says about two thousand troop and council camps operate in the United States this summer, serving over 150,000 boys. Camps follow the Scout Law under expert supervision and national camping standards, aiming to leave each boy physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
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L. L. McDonald
Boy Scouts of America
United States
Cooperation Moves Y M C A Hut at Camp McArthur
A tale of teamwork shows 600 workers inside and 200 outside evenly distributing weight as 800 volunteers lift a Y M C A hut on its foundation and relocate it half a mile. The incident ends with a light classroom joke about national flowers and a student shouting bulrushes.
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Camp McArthur
Waco
Texas
Big Double Circus Planning Big Des Moines Show
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows announce a Des Moines engagement on Wednesday September 7. The vast program features 600 performers including 100 clowns, 30 trained elephants, five camel troupes, 7ty trained horses and Shetlands, and a single ticket program covering wild animal displays and the entire circus under one big tent.
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Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Des Moines
New York
Madison Square Garden
Double Circus
Mammouth
Barnum & Bailey
Butter Short by Three Ounces Leads to Weight Trade
A butcher claims a pound of butter is three ounces light. The grocer counters that he mislaid the pound weight and instead weighed it by the pound of chops sent yesterday, exchanging weight standards in a blunt domestic quarrel.
Father explains taxidermist versus taxicab tax joke
A father tells his young son there is no difference between a taxidermist and a taxicab because both skin you. The joke hinges on a pun about skin.
East to West Transit Times Spanning Daylight Hours
In a brief transit bulletin times from 7:50 a.m. to 9:20 p.m. are noted, outlining service windows and key schedule points. The entry emphasizes the daily operational span and the coverage across the region.
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Hawkeye
State News
Big Onion Field
Neb
Chronicle
England
Lilies
Spain
Ringling Bros. and
Me-o-my
Jimmy Pipe
Prince Albert
P. A
Naser
Prince Albert Ia
Tob
Winsten-Sale NG
Rock Island Train Service
Westboy
Howell
Vander Linden
W. C. Verploeg
Ames ‘Graduate Veterinarian
Farmer's Produce Building
Georgia Chalfont
Fowler Telephone
Main Street
DR. C. I. Fox
Main and Liberty Sts
J. J. Sybenga
Puritan Drug Store
A. J. Visser
Franklin St
Residence Phone
Aschenbrenner
Geelhoed
A. P. Fankhauser
T. G. Fultz
Vander Zyl Bros
Pella
F. F. Carpenter
Wagner's
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